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FACULTY AWARD: Botstein named 2012 Dan David Prize Laureate

Posted February 29, 2012; 01:08 p.m.

by Staff

David Botstein, Princeton's Anthony B. Evnin '62 Professor of Genomics, professor of moleculary biology and director of the Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics, was one of six researchers recently named 2012 Dan David Prize Laureates. The $1 million prize recognizes Botstein's important contributions to the understanding and mapping of the human genome. The prize is endowed by the Dan David Foundation and based at Tel Aviv University. It is presented yearly in honor of innovative and interdisciplinary research.